Show I 1 I 1 the trey trev V ar IL hearts H fh arb A of tb motion picture amma of the sw same tum name produced by fly tl the universal Un illas co NO by LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE ac te tea wid WA frees rc tle li prea C lilt 1214 by leale jompp SYNOPSIS 61 20 the try of hatt hearts la to the th death sign ln PI C by trine in the private priva va to war of vengeance which through the coney of his hi dau lil a woman violent passions like hi ills owe h he wages wag ril nt alan men law jaw son on of tha nian man now dead who wax innocently responsible pon albl for L ute accident which rendered trine help les 1 4 cripple alan love loves rose judithe judith twin anil arul double but in all other respects hr br opposite judith th prom see hr rise f ether to compa compass ala alan death tut but under dramatic dra matle circumstances lie h cavilli av hr her HN anil a u unwillingly win wins hr bar love thereafter judith I 1 Is by I 1 irr irre animated by the old hatred the new now love and jalo ny of f flo ito CHAPTER detail across the plain purple shadows were some vast dark army invading a abr tb band pouring on over the rampart 0 moun tain taing in the east within the rara of hills that ringed the plain like the chipped and broken flange of a titanic saucer silence brooded and solitude held eway away dwi trong the town of detail that occupied the approximate middle of the sagebrush waste to proportion proportions even less than might be inferred interred from the candor of iti its christening A platform a elding a arter ter tank a m wells fargo office and a telegraph and ficke office backed by three rough frame building buildings that Is I 1 detail item iw shortly at ul the teel steel rib kone bons of the santa fe beam to bum hum A deadlight headlight peered suspiciously round a boulder shoulder of the he eastern rane range koak ook lieari of courage lo 10 to find the plain still wrapped la in peace and brud brudd rid dolid ly toward detail the engine engine a loto ye it wu win pulling after it a trine string of I 1 care cars both rial dat and box tt at batall the train paused if its s mw all gated and engaged in animated anina na e i il argument ar g ament detail gathered that t the he eccli excitement ement wag duo to the unaccountable 1 disappearance of the ca a aoe none seemed to have any notion ai as to a how bow it could have broken IWO yet bishing it WAS t hi fit the lie pause that followed while a fiort part waa was telegraphed to head td mid and instructions ned to pro r eod without delay one of it the train men pled spied a boysh figure lurking in door of an empty bos box cr fumingly Cumin gly boarding this car from the gide aide the caught ie to unawares unAware a and booted heiri ingloriously into the night As A the figure alighted and took to 10 heen losing itself la in the dar darkness knese X X uttered a cry of pained raised surprise and which drew draw a wrinkle of as between the brow brows of the I 1 trainman t a woman womans voice he 11 Bi ul thin dismissed the suggestion its a obviously absurd it wag was not shortly after the freight train haj ba tone tons on if its way before indeed the alit imer of ite its roar had been lost among the western hills a see feud headlight appeared in the a east al it wept swept swiftly across the aad aid la in turn topped plopped at detail the secand bird of passage proved i be a locomotive loco mottro drawing a single hardly hd had it ran run put past the switch when the dropped 4 ran quickly beck back to the switch fid 04 threw thre it t open promptly too thu train backed on to the 1 11 A 19 JM the hulln pulling n jolted arrow arrom the tahe braketa brake brak epati aa interposing him t between it and the tender jnard the coupling coup liag f IV the time that the aliman had 4 riola full stop oa on tb ib t siding the 4 jtb wee westward wee ak kok rabbit though no halsell fallk and watery aft ahe ih traitor peed passed the lip lipa of any ake phwe men who presently pea redion tb the 4 hook book impotent iM poteat fists la in the diorec pm tak aka by the engine V hen boa the lt it 0 cot ehte bad run teal warily airily ovit ot of keath asa blasphemy a brief mi actuated Im by arcatis from ch and concluded by the bound sound of a voke dellla frow fro the utter at ot tb 0 car x velce 1 as strange r sono tove rou of ot tone to it idas ft as curiously rullus ru luus of accent toe the immediately ran beck back ro the car and ad presented themselves h variously polo fato to one who occupied a comer of h gooral a man wrapped ir maw rug and ft a cloud of fury low ow V when ie n he be bad had drained the ay froth of profanity fron from hie bit tena tem left a clear and M virulent humor the wrath of began to vent itself elf jahe 9 hapless beada of the trio who before him i adf he thin this wae was in process the bof B of 9 boyish ape ap baranco aranco who bad had ni keeping ping religiously couely aloof and la in in the th ha of D e ter kinie that unhappy abair the a tr trainman aluman stole quietly op up to dwar or of pf tae the stalled pullman rd 4 aboard and creeping down lisle 11 interrupted aars dorco juat ps the invalid 11 was as dr a rude but honest opinion larthal elbr ll br t one of tag D 1 l three named Marro phat who figured as his right band man and familiar genius amen to that the boyish person ejaculated with aith candid fervor loung ing gracelessly in the doorway there a many a true word spoken in wrath mr sir Marro phat father forgot only one thing your masterly way ay with a revolver 1 from y hat I 1 vu seen of that this abi day d ay iy I 1 if go ball bait that the only safe place for a mau man you pull a gun gull on la Is right la in front of the muzzle I 1 there here a something lom ething downright uncanny in the way you can hit bit an ang but what you aim at I 1 Judi juditha exclaimed tle tl ittai id where did you drop from from that freight judith explained carelessly neglecting to elucidate the exact fashion of her drop 1 I judged be along presently and thought id like to learn tt new nes Well what luck her ifer father shrugged with hie his one movable shoulder mr sir Marro phat grunted indignantly ahe I 1 he othern others shut led uneasily and looked all way ways but ore at the girl in mans clothing none judith interpreted you don t mean to tell me that after I 1 had taken all that trouble cast the caboose loose in lit the middle of that trestle at the riak risk of my life you didn dian t have the nerve to go through with ith the business we went through with it all right replied Marro phat defensively but bt as its usual they were too quick for us they jumped oct and dropped athe a the tho trestle before our ngin hit bit the ca boose we smashed that to kindling woodcut wood but they got away lull jull in time to miss the crash and by the time we bad had stopped and calmed down the engine erwell it waa was dark adivi w no way of which way ay they had run tun the girl started to speak but merely dropped limp hands at her sides and rolled her eyes we do our best Marro phat observed we can t be blamed if it something somehow always pens to tip the othera others off tho the girl swung to face him with blazing eyes just what doi does that mean mearil she he demanded dim in a danger dangerous oua voice Marro phat lifted hie his shoulders nothing much be allowed 1 I am only thinking ho it te is that sir mr law can acanthe the caught by any torl ora of stratagem aben you are on the job adviss juditha Judi the girl a hands ware clenched into flate fists white knickles olin showing wing through the flesh you contemptible he 11 21 appedu 4 hut but on this her voice failed for her bar ty traveled past L te la a person of mr air to the of the draw las ing room and faund it framing frani ing a stranger cr excuse me friends tri ende bw h otfred in rt i laxy lazy aemil humorous drawl it pains me considerable to butt la in on of this happy family gathering but business la in business nine some ai as usual and I 1 got ot to at alt you all to please put out up your handel handal N hat bat do you a ant the invalid demanded chy IN by ata draft led the bandit noth lne in part ular only your cah cash shell out if it you il elfae fae gents enta all and the lady too he lie ran ma an glanc glance down the figure w which ch judith a disguise revealed rather than con cealey it you it 11 pardon my notice 1 I he amended Iller perhaps haps I 1 wouldn t if it toe ise lady ladys clothe clothes dida t ot lit her so alt all fired keep a civil tongue in your head my iny mant judith counselee counse leJ without any how show of fear at the ame same time her bar father fathers voice 1 brought her to her senses Judit LI tie quiet let lat aulm TO deal with this gentleman I 1 am aure sure we ran can come to some om you bet your life lite agreed the gentleman aa as the girl topped stepped bulk 1 I know what hat I 1 went and you all know you got it so the name of the 4 kald lid arrangement is I 1 juit just bell out one minute the invalid interposed dont misunderstand me I 1 guarantee guar anteo you tou khall be amply falls latis fled fied I 1 giro give you MY word ardi the word of seneca trin trice the tho eires of the bandit widened no la Is that so ot seneca trine trials the railroad king suree you youre your r 11 born bom youre him 1 ITO re een seen your picture la in the paper a dosen dozen times IN ell now dow it look like id I 1 d drawn a full house to this pair of deuce deuces dont don t iff it you ought to be ata ae to pay something om ething handsom ill pay you far more handsomely that bap you dream of if you it 11 do aa as I 1 with wish trine interrupted quickly do me MO the service I 1 wash wi shand and tame your price whatever it if is you ahall have III nothing could be fairer n thill t the two sa wn mau admitted ly dot but hate the numb of this service rv kehke you baft iff cloten to MO trine bent hia his head forward and jabbed tit air with an emphatic forefinger A VV hats hala the life a assa worth IB IZ ci wl 0 or this th fh you rot ill 11 pay you ten dollar dollars for the life of tartan th 14 ian I 1 will A III nama the eye eyes of US til bandit narrowed 11 hold on my mead Is 1 that what yea you call my naming my own iri price irice ce name it then aid said trine I 1 give me m a thousand on account said the other and a paper saying pay me nine nineteen teem thousand more la in exchange for I 1 and one dead man prop orly Iden identified tIAM an a the one you want ind signed by you and our man mans aa as food good as s dead this minute providing bee be in riding distance dia tance of this here car trine waved ayed bis his hand at his secretary I 1 jimmy find a thousand dollar dollars for thin jent gentleman leman make atoka out the paper he indicate indicates for the balance and sign it aint you po powerful erful trustful mr alt trine how flow do you know III do any thing more n pocket that thousand and fade delicately away I 1 my daughter and thia this gentleman mr sir will accompany you ob oh that the way of it la Is name interjected the secretary writing busily with th the top of his hi cae case for a desk I 1 slade aid said the bandit jamee james blade slade again trine punctured the at mo sphere with hia his index finger the man hose whoso life lit I 1 want la Is named alan law he lit ie to running away w with h my daughter hose rose accompanied by a person named learcus li arcus disguised aa as a pull man porter the three ot of them haying recent escaped from a train wreck up yonder on the trestle leT hopi flop jim Interim sed youve met them judith demanded whirling round about an hour ago or maybe an hour and a half llope jin replied a good way down the road they their topped stopped and ast whore where they could get put up for ter the night I 1 kindly directed them on to mesa hessi down in the painted hlll yonder CHAPTER FI Fl replay Con contented with the promise of a thousand dollars advance on his hi con tract fil hviding he returned with horses within a stipulated tima mr hopi james slade drifted quietly away into the desert night lnell e content persuaded that the morrows mor rowe sun would never set upon a world tenanted by one alaa alan law fiat that monomaniac seneca trine forget his recent ill temper and set himself diplo diplomatically mati cally to adjust the differences between his daughter judith and hit hl first lieutenant it was as no facile task could not be trus trusta td ti U work with a ingle single mind because of his infatuation for judith judith could no more bi bd trued trusted faithfully to serve out her row vow to bring alan law to her fathers father a feet alive or dad dead because 0 O cruel Irony of fatel she herself had fallen in lore love with that same roan man whose death she he had pledge herself to companas compos only when as an now half halt mad with jealousy determined to see alan dead rather miller than yield him film to the woman he lored loved her slater sister might judith be courted upon to serre serve her father la in his ills lust for vengeance as he would be served erre dand and even so to not without mar blar at her elbow to egg her oa on through her resentment of bis his sur surrell veil lance neither could be trusted in 4 ted ed to work alone to the desired con tor for trine hid hd secret reason to fear lest Marro phat might giren given opportunity connive at escape in order that he might marry atiee and to 0 o throw judith back into his hi SI Marro Marr phat a arms poor loor deluded foell such was the private 14 comment of Marro phat a master for all that it was the man and not hs his daughter whom trine trials designated to lead the expedition expedit lon cunningly counting on judiths chagrin to work upon her passions pais lons and excite her to one last land blind attempt that should smiling hi his secret smila trine announced me bis decision at the last moment net while hopi jim waited with his horses and an assistant one texa 8 for wh utter innocence of scrupled ecru mr sir blada unhesitatingly touched vouched sullenly out missive at leant in outward teeming seeming judith bored to thi this de tie cislon marched out of the car and suffered ered Marro phat to help her mount her bone horse nov deliberately aa as the little caral carat cade rode through the moonlit desert night the girl maneuvered her hona horse to the aide side of ilori jim and theo then dropped back permitting Marro phat to lead the way with texas ai an deliberately she set et herself to work uan ul in the bandit bandits Y to her charms althin athla an hour she eh had him ready to do anything to win her smile in that fint first nih rush of gopen day a thwart the land the party came quietly quiet ly into the town ton of at mea ideal riding slowly in order that the nolle noise ot their approach M blight ight not wro the lio iloni asserted confidently would still till be cound sound asleep in the tiona offered by the town one botel hotel it wa was to be termed a town only in ill courtesy thi this mem ft a straggling street of relic relics of what had once been it promising corn the halfway halt way station between the railroad irid arid the mining campa tamps secreted ecret ed in the fastnesses of the paint point ed ad camps now mow abandoned their very names almost faded oat out of the memory of mankind midway in thia this airing string of edifices the tho hotel atoo et stood oo A unpainted wooden woodell edifice mainly veranda and bl bar room BU as to ita its lower floor jealously judith matched the win dow dowe of the arcond floor and be lone alone of the four detected the face that PL lu bcd cj for eve beof instant 11 back in a the shadows beyond one of the bed room windola win dowa a face that with the pallor of ghost against the background of obscurity and then was gone her ifer ebes alone indeed could have recognized the feature features ot of alan law in that fugitive glimpse two sentences exchanged between jim and a blear eyed fellow whom ho |